Demaal Studios

Love how colorful this game is - the amazing tile illustrations, the colorful meeples and the shiny gold nuggets! #IndieGame #BoardGame #ScreenshotSaturday

Discovering the biggest treasure pile on the field - great!

Getting surrounded by enemies hell-bent on robbing you of it - eh, not so much.

The coyote (orange meeple) has its work cut out to craft an escape.

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Opening a swamp tile can delay your exploration at first, but it can later be used to hide gold or to escape from a rival. #BoardGame #IndieGame #tabletopgaming

Implemented 5x tile randomization for generating the field for a new game. No two game will ever be the same. Not even close. Pretty happy with the results.

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Thank you! Yeah, it does "play nicely". :) Still one of our family's fav board games (Catan, Hive, Royal Game of Ur being some other ones)

Looks way too good for "home made". Very cool. For my OG home-made one, I used PPT Clip Art. :) (being a coder, not an artist)

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Differently colored move option tiles help plan moves faster. Light green for "turn is over" tiles. Darker green (1, 5, 8) for "keep moving" tiles.

Also, keyboard shortcuts really speed up the gameplay. One of the best options I've added.

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Pity the unlucky Sevvi hunter. Both of his canines have been killed and reinforcements are a few rounds away. This game is off to a rough start for him. He looks concerned.
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Status update for the #AI player development in Hunters of Demaal #boardgame. 🤣

Yeah, Root was the inspiration for the meeples. Love that game!

A golden jackal from the southern desert guards its gold. Think twice before you attempt to steal it from this feisty little fellow.

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Game field tile from Hunters of Demaal board game, showing a downhill slide.

Downhill Slide tile - one of the more versatile ones - sends you one more tile in the same direction you're traveling when you step on it.
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Hunters of Demaal board game with 8x8 tiles game field. Gream team's dog meeple is selected and the tiles where it can move are highlighted, showing many options to move to due to its advantageous position.

Choices, choices... Sometimes the stars (or in this case, the tiles) align to hand you the ultimate array of destinations. Lucky day for the dog on the highlighted orange tile.

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Forest serpent tile is being opened in Hunters of Demaal board game. The tile shows a coiled snake, ready to strike with the game field of 8x8 tiles in the background.

Opening a "Forest Serpent" tile is a bit of a bummer. The canine that lands on it will remain trapped on that tile until a packmate comes to the rescue. Hunters, however, get a free pass; too tough of a target for a serpent to attack.
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With gold clustered in the middle of the forest, every pack is getting in on the action.

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Simple pleasures of #IndieGameDev life. :) Email notifications work.

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Really smooth animations. Very impressive. 👍

Hunters of Demaal board game. Grizzled Sevvi tribe hunter sitting at the game table, looking at the game field and contemplating his next move.

Watching #AI player self-train is like watching paint dry. It's progressing, but slooooowwwwwly.

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Thank you! 🙏

Hunters of Demaal board game. Side view of the tiled game field, with different colored meeples on the field and a hunting horn in the background.

Spotted a visually nice shot while working on a new #HuntersOfDemaal #boardgame #trailer.

For those who like to play boardgames with their chin on the table. :)

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This game is turning out to be really fun to play!
😍🎮
(not to brag)

Another close gold hunt. This time, between two forest alliances, with a single gold nugget separating them at the end.

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Hunters of Demaal board game with opened field tiles showing various forest animals and elven signs. With some hunter and canine meeples on top of the tiles from various teams around the game field.

Good doggy! Now step away from the gold and nobody gets hurt.

Hunters are more powerful but slower than canines, so a canine's only option is flight, not fight. It can sneak away with a gold nugget, leaving a hunter in the dust.

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Great concept! Used to love Castlevania III's character switching. Adds so much richness to the playing experience. Good luck with your game!

Very cool! 👍

Hunters of Demaal board game. Result of a close game, with just a point separating first and second place winners.

Hunters of Demaal board game. Result of a close game, with just a point separating first and second place winners. The endgame field is shown with 8x8 tiles and meeples in their final positions at the end of the game.

Nail-biter race!

Kochewa (green pack) lost by ONE round. If its dog on the highlighted tile got one more round to carry that last nugget to camp, it would have been a tie with the winner, Sevvi (blue pack). So close!

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Hunters of Demaal board game setup screen with options to configure the game. Peaceful Lands option highlighted for euro game fans, to prohibit attacking opponents, focusing instead on sneaking and outwitting them.

For #Eurogame fans. The "Peaceful Lands" option prohibits attacks, changing offensive approach from attack-and-plunder to sneak-and-steal, and defensive approach from guard-and-repel to acquire-and-hold. Totally changes the game dynamics. A really fun option!
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New Year's resolution - hit the gym more! 💪 #AI gym, that is.

Cautiously optimistic about AI player training - playing for all four sides, combining self-learning with mining of knowledge from a collection of human play library.

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Why do people, and dogs, never all look at the camera all at the same time when you're trying to take their picture? 🤣 Took half-an-hour to stage this shot.

Happy Holidays! Gather around a crackling fire with you loved ones.

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Thank you for the warning! Noted. :)

Never heard of Skull. Will check it out.

"Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good design fits our need so well that the design is invisible."
- Donald Norman, "The Design of Everyday Things"

Excited to dig into this book!

Any good design examples in #gamedev or #boardgames, anyone?